Union and Distinction in the Thought of St. Maximus the Confessor. By Melchisedec Törönen
‘In philosophical terms, Maximus’ system overcomes dualism without collapsing into monism; and his theology without falling into pantheism presents, on the one hand, a “theophanic” ontology, and without becoming Origenism commends, on the other hand, a spirituality of deification’ (p. 198). This is...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 384-386 |
| Review of: | Union and distinction in the thought of St. Maximus the Confessor (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2007) (Milkov, Kosta)
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| Summary: | ‘In philosophical terms, Maximus’ system overcomes dualism without collapsing into monism; and his theology without falling into pantheism presents, on the one hand, a “theophanic” ontology, and without becoming Origenism commends, on the other hand, a spirituality of deification’ (p. 198). This is precisely what, according to Melchisedec Törönen, Maximus’ theology of simultaneous union and distinction achieves. Törönen's study is persuasive that this is really so., Before espousing the thought of Maximus on union and distinction Törönen first challenges two established opinions among Maximian scholars after the Second World War. The first finds the centre of Maximus’ theology in the Chalcedonian Definition. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fln010 |